Stanchion



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W. F.. PLANTIKO STANCHION Filed oct. 9. 1924 2 sheets-sneu 1WI'lIiamRlantikn sept. s, 1925. 1,552,948

` w. F. PLANnKo sTANcHIoN y Filed 001;. 9. 1924 2 Sheets-$1001 2 lWilliam F. P1 amiko @ew Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

WILLIAM F. PLANTIKO, OF 'STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN, ASSIGN OR T0 FARMERSBARN EQUIPMENT COMPANY, F STEVENS r CONSIN.

OINT, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WIS- STANCHION.

Application led October 9, 1924. Serial No. 742,596.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. PLANT- Ino, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Stevens Point, in the county of Portage andState of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsiny Stanchions; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to cattle stanchions.

This invention is an improvement over that disclosed in my United StatesPatent Number 1,200,231, dated October 3, 1916 for cattle stanchions andhas in general the same objects as those disclosed in such patent inaddition to the objects enumerated hereafter.

Further objects are to provide animproved stanchion in which the surestop o r stop bar construction is materially simplified, and in which astronger and more easily and quickly assembled mechanism is provided,and in which a small number of parts are employed for operating andcontrolling the sure stop bars.

Further objects are to provide an improved stanchion hanger andalignment device which is adapted to cooperate with the usual stanchionequipment in a manner to permit the easy and ready adjustment of thestanchion so as to align long or short cows with the rear gutter, and toprovide a stanchion hanger in which bolts and nuts are wholly avoided,and an extremely simple and easy operating device is provided.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhichz- Figure 1 is a view showing the stanchion open.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing'it in closed position.

Figure 3 is an enlarged partial sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse view showing the stanchion hanger.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional lview on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

The stanchion comprises the usual uprights 1 which are preferably oftubular construction and which support the top rail 2 and the controlbar 3, such control bar being operated by means of the hand lever 4 inany suitable manner as for example as shown in my above noted patent.

-The neck bars 5 and 6 are pivoted at their lower ends to a fitting 7which is adjustable longitudinally of the stall in any suitable manner,as disclosed for instance in my above noted patent. The upper ends ofthese neck bars are suspended and supported by an open ended casing 8,the movement of the neck bars being cont-rolled in any suitable manner,for instance'as described in my above noted patent.

A relatively long stop bar 9 has it-s upper end pivoted to a clip 10securedto the control bar 3 and has its lower end pivoted to a lever 11.This lever 11 is pivoted to a bracket 12 clamped to shown in Figures 1and 2 It is to be noted that the end of the lever to which the stop bar9 is pivoted is relatively short and that the lever projects a'materially greater distance on the other side of its pivot point, andcarries an apertured casting 13.V This apertured casting slidablyreceives the short stop bar 14 whose upper end is a bracket 15 bolted tothe upright 1.

It will be seen that when the control bar 3v is moved to stanchionclosing position that the long stop bar 9 will be rocked intosubstantially vertical position, as shown in Figure 2, and will depressthe right hand end of the lever 11 thus sliding the collar or castingupwardly on the short stop bar 14 and rocking such short stop bar intoproximity to the upright 1, as shown in Figure 2.

This structure may be duplicated on opposite sides of the intermediatestanchion. However, at the end stanchion as shown in Figures 1 and 2, asingle long stop bar 9 is pivotally carried by means of a short link 11secured to a bracket 12 attached to the other upright 1. The upper endof the bar 9 is operatively coupled to the control bar 3 by means of aclamp 10. This construction may be employed on one side of intermediatestanchions if desired.

It is to be particularly noted that-the lever 11 is of extremely simpleconstruction and provides for easy attachment to the collar orcasting 13and to the lower end of the long stop bar 9. This construction isillustrated in detail in Figure 3 from which it will be seen that suchlever is composed of two similar members 16 which are ribbed the upright1, asl

pivotally carried by means of 2 and flanged, as shown. These members areeach provided with Ainwardly projecting lugs 17 which iit within an\ape-rture"formed in the bracket 12. The long endsoftl-ie i sition `andto permit A their ready attachment and detachment ffrom; fthe-collarAE13, the bracket 12a-nd? the lever-"9. I

vIn vorderl to Vpermit i the `ready 'aligning of Y a short lor -longcowwith fthe Arear gutter suitable Y means Y are provided for adjust-ablyholding the member-8 (seeFigu-res "1, 2-and 4) in its correct position`and-providingffor forward --and vrear ladj ustment of such; member. Thisstructure,as shown in Figure 4,

' may comprise ya roughly rectangular suspension member having 'antupper ltransverse portion l2O and alowertransversev portion 21. Theupper transverse Aportion is clamped tolthe angle )bar 2 (see Figures`1,

f 2 and 1) by means -ofal/#shaped lfamp22 whose lprojecting earsare'secured by means of bolts 23 to the transverse'member 20. If vdesired, this ltransverse member ini-ay :be provided `with an iupwardly'bulged central d'5 portion 24to fitiwithin thechannel ofthe angle bar52,1 as shownk inFigure .4. j y `rlvhe `lower transverse "inember'21i's'provided withy a lplurality of apertures 125 1 through anyone of'which the yprojecting pin 26 Imayeztend.

This pin isprovided witli'afhead'27 -which swivelly itsand suspends thehanger or open 'ended casing 18, as shownin Figure "-4.Atransverse'aperture- 28 extends Ythroughithe "pin 26 `and a locking key-29 f is i passed through v'such .ap-v

erture and'retains the pin in"its'correctpo-v sition. `This 1locking keyi29 is preferably a rod vand is provided lwith ya right angle downwardly.extending portion 30 which terminates in la horizontally extendingtongue 31.

In using'tlie suspension device, the pin 26 is inserted in theappropriate aperture 2'5to secure the desired alignment of 'the cowwith'th'e `rear` gutter. Thereafterjthe key 29 is slipped through`the"transverse aperture 28 of -thepin 26 and its end is'droppeddownwardly through `the adjacent aperture 25, and `its tongue 31 is.hooked beneath :the transverse member "21. y

It willbe seen therefore that a suspension device has been providedwhich is adjustable 'to insure the proper aligning of the cow with ythereargutter, and 'which is so constructed that it-.does not require "theunscrewing or removal of nuts or bolts for yits adjustment.

" This construction, therefore, provides an means for thefadjustablehanger Aand ;may`

be'feasilyy operated without the use 'oftools It ywill-further be seenthat a very simple. and f strong stop bar construction has been providedin whicha lvery small number of parts are needed, in which theassembling .ganddismantling may be most easily effected,

and in which the utmost reliability is attained. f Y

Although the invention has been described in considerable deraih'fitis'tobeVunderstood that the invention may be. variously embodied-and is,therefore, to'be limited only as claimed.

yI claim:

1. A stanchion comprising apai'r ofuiprights,` a' pairof neck barssuspended therebetweemacontrol barfor 'operating said neck bars andslidably carriedfbysaid' uprights, fa

long stop bar located upon the outer side" of one ofsaid uprights andhaving its upper end jpivoted to said control bar, a lever pivoted;intermediate its ends to y'said upright and-having one end pivotedtovthellowerend of said stopfbarandhaving `an inner end provided Vwithv-a pair of "apertured ears,=`a collar having a pair of outwardly projecting trunnio'ns fitted within they aperturesV 'fesaid ears, and asecond sto'plbarlocated onithe in'nerls'ide of 'said upright -and havingIits lower portion slid-ably fitted Awithin said collar. j l

2. A stanchion comprising apair foffuprights, a pairl of lneck b arssuspended therebetween, acontrolp'ba'r :for operating fsa-id neck lbarsand slidabl'y carried by "sa-id* uprijglits, along stopbarlocated'uponthefouter sideof'on'e'o'f said uprightsfand having" its upper end'pivoted to said A'control f'bar, 'a lever pivoted'intermediate itsendstoA'said upright and 'having one end Apivoted 5to the lower 'end of saidstop bar'and having-'an inner `endvprovided with'a pair'o'f aperturedears, acollarhavin'g a ypair of outwardly projecting "trunnions,provided .with hooked ends 'and iitted 'within' the "apertures -of saidears, and a .second'stopbar located on `'the inner side of said 'uprightand having 'its lower portion slidably fitted .within "said collar, saidElever 'having' two portions Lnormally held .together by a bolt formingone ofthe pivotal connections.

3. In a stancliion the `combination of 'a s'lidablecontrol bar, anupright, a longfs'top bar located upon ,one side .o'f said guprightand'having its upper end operatively coupled to said control bar, anapertured ibracket secured `to said upright adjacent 'its 'lower end, alever having complementary[parts provided with inwardly 4extendedMintegral trunnions fitting the aperture in said bracket, abltjpassingthrough one endof 'sai'dflever and through the lower end of saidstQp'bar, said lever having apertured ears adjacent its other end, acollar provided with trimnions fitted within said apertured ears andhaving hooked ends, and a short stop bar located upon the other side ofsaid upright, pivotally carried at its upper end by said upright, andhaving a free lower end slidably fitting said colla-r.

4. In a stanehion the combination of a top bar having an angular upperportion, a rectangular supporting frame positioned below said top bar, abracket having an inverted V-shaped portion bolted to said frame anditting over said top bar, said frame having a transverse lower portionprovided with a plurality of apertures, a pair of neck bars, asuspension therefor, a pin carried by said suspension and provided witha laterally extending aperture adjacent its upper end, said pin beingadapted for positioning within anyone of the apertures in saidtransverse member, and a locking key adapted to enter the aperture insaid pin and having a hooked end adapted to be positioned in one of theapertures in said transverse member, whereby the neck bars may beadjusted.

5. In a stanchion the combination of a top bar, a rectangular framecarried thereby, and having a transverse lower portion provided with a.plurality of apertures, a pin adapted to lit any of said apertures andprovided with an aperture extending transversely through its upperportion, a locking key and having a transverse lower portion providedwith a plurality of apertures, a pin adapted to lit any of saidapertures and provided with ian aperture extending transversely throughits upper portion, a locking key adapted to fit said transverselyextending aperture and having right angle extensions provided with anoutwardly projecting' Y tongue, said extension and tongue being adaptedfor passage through any one of said apertures in said transverse member,and said tongue being adapted to hook beneath said transverse member, ahousing swivelly carried by said pin, and a pair of neck bars carried bysaid housing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atStevens Point, in the county of Portage and State of Wisconsin.

WILLIAM F. PLANTIKO. j

